I honestly don’t know what we all did before we could get
recipes on the internet. Don’t get me
wrong, I love cookbooks and I own a ton of them but it’s so great to be able to
find thousands of recipes online whenever I want them. This Thanksgiving I was looking around for
some interesting dessert recipes to try.
My sister doesn't like pie so I always try to make something that she
will eat. And I also wanted to try
something new. So here are the recipes I
tried and how they turned out for me.
Cranberry Crumble Bars
I loved this recipe!
The bars were super easy to make.
I used the canned cranberry sauce and they came together really
quickly. I didn't read the pan
preparation instructions very carefully so I didn't notice the whole bit about using
butter and parchment paper until after the bars were already in the oven. I
just gave the pan a quick spray with PAM.
Whoops! They still came out
perfectly though so I think there is enough butter in the dough to help them
not stick.
Pumpkin Tiramisu
This recipe was not as much of a success. I loved the idea of it because I’m a huge fan
of pumpkin and my family all loves tiramisu.
But it just didn't work as well as I’d have liked it to. First, I found it impossible to find lady
fingers anywhere. I did a quick search
online for substitutions and read that I could use pound cake instead. Then while I was making it, I was really
worried about it tasting good. I tasted
each layer as I made it and wasn't loving how it all tasted. I put it together anyway and hoped that an
overnight stay in the fridge would help everything come together. And it did mostly. The layers tasted much better together than separately,
but I still thought the balance was off.
In my opinion it needed much more cake and much less filling. So next time I make it I’ll play around with
the ratios. Also, I thought 1 tsp of
cinnamon was way too much. And I love cinnamon. I’ll cut it in half next time.
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